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EATURES
34 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: LOOKING A LITTLE LESS WITHERED!
One of the biggest locomotive restoration projects in south-west England a€ that of Bulleid West Country light Pacific No 34007 Wadebridge a€" is nearing completion with the locomotive having steamed in the preservation era for the first time on 30 August. While the Southern Railwaya€ s a€~Withered Arma€ largely died 40 years ago, as highlighted in the August issuea€ s Changeover Years feature, it will never accept its demise gracefully. With help from the restoration groupa€ s chairman John Butcher, Robin Jones looks at the return of Wadebridge and progress on two other heritage schemes, Torrington station and the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which proves that the legendary lost LSWR network in the far west has been far from forgotten.
44 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: DIDCOTa€ S a€~STEAM DMUa€ TAKES SHAPE
The day when we will see an Edwardian GWR steam railmotor a€" and its trailer a€" in action once more is drawing closer as the Didcot-based Great Western Society makes remarkable progress in restoring the sole surviving example. With assistance from Graham Drew and Ken Gibbs, society chairman Richard Croucher reviews the achievements made so far in the marvellous project to back-convert a derelict auto trailer into its original incarnation as Railmotor No 93.
60 WHATa€ S LEFT OFa€Ã
34 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: LOOKING A LITTLE LESS WITHERED!
One of the biggest locomotive restoration projects in south-west England a€ that of Bulleid West Country light Pacific No 34007 Wadebridge a€" is nearing completion with the locomotive having steamed in the preservation era for the first time on 30 August. While the Southern Railwaya€ s a€~Withered Arma€ largely died 40 years ago, as highlighted in the August issuea€ s Changeover Years feature, it will never accept its demise gracefully. With help from the restoration groupa€ s chairman John Butcher, Robin Jones looks at the return of Wadebridge and progress on two other heritage schemes, Torrington station and the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which proves that the legendary lost LSWR network in the far west has been far from forgotten.
44 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: DIDCOTa€ S a€~STEAM DMUa€ TAKES SHAPE
The day when we will see an Edwardian GWR steam railmotor a€" and its trailer a€" in action once more is drawing closer as the Didcot-based Great Western Society makes remarkable progress in restoring the sole surviving example. With assistance from Graham Drew and Ken Gibbs, society chairman Richard Croucher reviews the achievements made so far in the marvellous project to back-convert a derelict auto trailer into its original incarnation as Railmotor No 93.
60 WHATa€ S LEFT OFa€Ã
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